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NMJ GHANA and its Africa partners, the Golden Movie Awards-Africa have launched the maiden edition of the Golden Movie Awards (GMA) at a short ceremony and media event at the UNAIDS Office in Accra.

Golden Movie Awards (GMA) is a scheme that seeks to honour individuals in the African movie industry who have impacted and excelled greatly in the movie world under the year of review and has also embarked on humanitarian works throughout their countries.

It also seeks to influence the movie industry for great standards, to throw light on individuals and firms yearly by celebrating them. It is also an award scheme that seeks to build and grow the stakeholders through its capacity building programs and activities with its partners.

The calendar year for the maiden edition is from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

Speaking at the launch, Miss Esther Quayson, the Communications Director of the awards, said the awards is aimed at setting a credible continental standard of excellence by which the best actors in the movie industries of Africa may attain international acclaim through national recognition.

“Our intent in initiating the Golden Movie Awards-Africa is to set a credible continental Standard of Excellence by which the best actors in the movie industry of Africa may attain international acclaim through national recognition” she said.

This year’s edition is organized under the theme: Build your goal and protect the goal. She said “we believe everyone in life has a dream or let’s say goal, the first edition of the award will focus on building the stakeholders of the film industry in Africa through our developmental programs that we have developed with some of our partners. However in building your goal you need to have in mind the need to protect that goal.”The Awards is expected to bring together more than 1,500 key film professionals, craftspeople and decision‐makers from across Africa, to honour, celebrate and promote the African, film industries.

Miss Andani, Country Director of Golden Movie Awards highlighted the role that the UNAIDS will be playing in the maiden edition of the awards. According to her, the production house to win the Production House of the Year at the awards will produce an HIV-themed movie with all the other winners to help the UNAIDS’ “Protect the Goal” campaign.

Before he officially launched the awards, Mr Girmay Haile, UNAIDS Ghana Country Director described the idea of having all the winners produce an HIV-theme movie as a “noble idea’.

Nominations for the Golden Movie Awards are therefore opened from February 12, 2015, to April 12, 2015.

The Golden Movie Awards, award ceremony will a be a five day event with the following activities.Day1 – Free Film Show For The General Public (In All Participating Counties)Day 2— Protect The Goal Awareness &Film Show In Selected SchoolsIn GhanaDay 2—Seminar/Workshop For Film StakeholdersDay 3— Capacity Building Program For Women In Film By Gmaf&AwdfDay4—Nominees’ Party/Jams (Ghana)Day 5 —-Golden Movie Awards-Africa.-(Main Event Accra-Ghana)The various categories so far include:

1.GOLDEN SUPPORTING ACTOR2.GOLDEN SUPPORTING ACTRESS3.GOLDEN ACTOR IN A DRAMA4.GOLDEN ACTOR IN A COMEDY5.GOLDEN ACTRESS IN DRAMA6.GOLDEN ACTOR IN COMEDY7.GOLDEN ACTOR IN A TV SERIES8.GOLDEN ACTRESS IN A TV SERIES9.GOLDEN MOVIE DRAMA10.GOLDEN MOVIE COMEDY11.GOLDEN WRITER DRAMA(TV/MOVIE)12.GOLDEN WRITERCOMEDY(TV/MOVIE)13.GOLDENCINEMATOGRAPHY (TV/MOVIE)14.GOLDEN DOCUMENTARY15.GOLDEN SHORT FILM16.GGOLDEN DISCOVERY ACTOR17.GOLDEN DISCOVERY ACTRESS18.GOLDEN PROMISING ACTOR19.GOLDEN PROMISING ACTRESS20.GOLDEN FAVOURITE ACTOR21.GOLDEN LIFE TIME AWARD22.GOLDEN FAVOURITE ACTRESS23.GOLDEN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES(TWI,HAUSA,SWAHILI)24.GOLDEN VISUALS.25.GOLDEN DIRECTOR26.GOLDEN PRODUCER27.GOLDEN SOUND TRACK-ORIGINAL28.GOLDEN MAKE UPARTIST29.GOLDEN COSTUMEER30.GOLDEN TV SERIES OF THE YEAR31.GOLDEN CHARACTER IN A SERIES32.GOLDEN EDITOR33.GOLDEN STORY LINE34.GOLDEN HUMANTARIAN AWARD35.GOLDEN ACTOR OF THE YEAR (THEATRE)36.GOLDEN ACTRESS OF THE YEAR (THEATRE)37.GOLDEN SUPPORTING COPERATE BODY FOR FILMS38.GOLDEN SUPPORTTING MEDIA HOUSE FOR FILMSFor more details, please